We’re Kimberly and Brittany, your go-to friends to talk through all things sexual wellness + the co-founders of KIMBRITIVE!

 
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We know first-hand what it’s like to grow up without any real talk about our bodies, sex, & relationships.

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So many young Black women and girls grow up the very same way
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  • Unable to find safe, destigmatized, sex-positive, inclusive, and medically accurate information about their changing bodies and thoughts

  • Unfamiliar with human sexual anatomy and knowledge of their reproductive rights

  • Unsure about how to prevent pregnancy, prevent STDs and HIV, and maintain healthy relationships

  • Uneducated about important reproductive justice issues and how they are impacted by the decisions our government makes

  • Unconnected to trusted and informed supports who foster safe spaces for honest, vulnerable communication about sexual wellness

  • Unaware of how to vocalize what they find pleasurable for their bodies, and what they don’t like

 
 

It all starts with real and open conversation.

We know Black women and girls have questions about their sexuality and sexual wellness, questions that often go unanswered or are met with dangerous myths or inaccuracies. We’ve developed several resources to help you and the women and girls in your life feel empowered to understand your bodies, cultivate healthy relationships, and unapologetically celebrate your whole selves.

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At KIMBRITIVE, we're on a mission to change all of that!
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Our Values

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Truth

We believe in real talk and telling the truth. You won’t find us withholding important information from our workshop attendees or glossing over important answers. No subject is off-limits!

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Access

We believe that everyone, especially Black women and girls, should have unfettered access to power, resources and support to make informed and unapologetic decisions about their bodies, identities, and sexual and reproductive health.

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Culture

We believe that art can shift culture. Art and media can play a huge role in health and justice. We are committed to shifting the oppressive narratives around Black women and girls’ bodies and sexualities so that we may have agency over our own stories and decisions.

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Liberation

We believe that everyone deserves to live in a world where they are empowered to lead self-determined lives that are celebrated, affirmed, and free from coercion, violence and BS!

Meet
Kimberly +Brittany

You’d never guess that we grew up 3 miles away from each other in the concrete jungle of Brooklyn, New York but met for the first time in college, where we quickly became best friends.

While serving in a student-led sexual health organization on campus, we learned we both grew up without having real conversations about sexual health. It bothered us to know that Black women and girls just like us were still being left out of the conversation.

We saw the same passion in each other, expressed in complementary ways. Brittany’s dedication to showing women how to use their voice in their relationships and world matched Kimberly’s devotion to reducing stigma in the dialogues we have about sexual health. Brittany was a goal-oriented visionary and Kimberly delivered in execution.

We knew things needed to change in our communities. So we decided to roll up our sleeves, form the Dream Team, and get to WORK, together. We hustled to receive five advanced degrees between the two of us and launched Kimbritive’s signature workshops in 2016. Since then we’ve been privileged to work with over 30 organizations and counting, and we’re loving every second of it!

 
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Kimberly Huggins

LCSW, MPH, MEd
Co-Founder

Kimberly is a licensed clinical social worker, therapist and sexuality educator who is passionate about reproductive health and the emotional wellbeing for people living with HIV and stigmatized health conditions.

While earning her B.A. in Psychology at Syracuse University, she served her campus community as a peer educator by facilitating various workshops on safer sex, condom negotiation, testing, STDs, HIV and AIDS, healthy relationships and self-empowerment. While pursuing her Master of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, she worked as an Adolescent Health Educator and as an ambassador for National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Kimberly later went on to pursue a dual masters in Social Work and Education in Human Sexuality studies at Widener University.

Kimberly loves cycling, being in nature, and traveling. In her free time, you’ll find her listening to Soca or Afrobeats music, trying out a new restaurant or binge watching HGTV. She’s the friend you want to call when you want to travel by your tastebuds!

 
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Brittany Brathwaite

MSW, MPH
Co-Founder

Brittany Brathwaite is a reproductive justice activist, youth worker and community accountable scholar with a deep commitment to supporting the leadership, organizing, and healing of girls of color.

Brittany has worked to create change in the lives of girls of color through sexual health education, local base building, advocacy, curriculum development, storytelling strategies and participatory action research. Brittany holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology from Syracuse University and a Master of Public Health and a Master of Social Work from Columbia University. She is currently a doctoral student in Critical Social Psychology at the CUNY Grad Center.

When she’s not attempting to save the world, you can find her collecting sneakers and statement t-shirts, reading Octavia Butler novels and other works by Black women authors, and sipping lemonade from her Brooklyn stoop or taste-testing it at a new restaurant. She’s the friend you want to call when you’re having a Disney movie night!